Games like Deathbound
If Deathbound is your kind of game, the closest matches are Enotria: The Last Song, Blade of Darkness and Lords Of The Fallen™ 2014 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its character backstories enrich lore, atmospheric and challenging. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Deathbound: Deathbound is a unique Soulslike. Build a party of four characters and instantly morph between them in and out of combat. Combine their abilities to pull off devastating attacks and slay those who stand before you.
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Enotria: The Last Song
WHY THIS
Top pick for Deathbound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Deathbound.
Enotria: The Last Song is a soulslike set in a beautiful sun-lit world inspired by Italian folklore where the brightest sun casts the darkest shadow. Wear unique role-altering masks, face formidable foes and alter reality with the power of Ardore to unravel the secrets of Enotria.
Blade of Darkness
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Deathbound.
Second-strongest match for Deathbound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Deathbound.
Blade of Darkness is a hardcore fantasy action-adventure with unique combat mechanics and role-playing elements that pioneered the “soulsborne” genre. Pick one of four characters to hack and slash through a gory quest to save the world from the forces of Chaos.
Lords Of The Fallen™ 2014
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Deathbound.
Third-strongest match for Deathbound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Deathbound.
Plunge into a dark fantasy Action-RPG, harnessing powerful magic alongside a satisfying combat system. When the tyrannical god, Adyr, invades the human realm seeking vengeance for his imprisonment, humanity calls upon an unlikely defender… a convicted sinner named Harkyn.
The Surge
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Deathbound.
Ranked #4 for Deathbound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Deathbound.
Welcome to CREO, the megacorporation saving the world! A catastrophic event has knocked you out during the first day on the job… you wake up equipped with a heavy-grade exoskeleton, in a destroyed section of the complex.
DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Deathbound.
Ranked #5 for Deathbound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Deathbound.
DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin brings the franchise’s renowned obscurity & gripping gameplay to a new level. Join the dark journey and experience overwhelming enemy encounters, diabolical hazards, and unrelenting challenge.
Steelrising
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Deathbound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Deathbound.
Paris, 1789. The French Revolution has been suppressed with bloodshed by Louis XVI and his merciless mechanical army. Aegis, a mysterious automaton masterpiece, must confront the king's army alone to save history in this challenging action-RPG.
Lords of the Fallen
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Deathbound.
Ranked #7 for Deathbound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Deathbound.
A vast world awaits in the medieval, dark fantasy action-RPG, Lords of the Fallen. As a fabled Dark Crusader, embark on an epic quest to overthrow Adyr, the demon God. The final major update Version 2.5 is out now: features deadlier boss battles and all-new Veteran Mode.
WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Deathbound.
Ranked #8 for Deathbound fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Deathbound.
WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers is a soulslike, action RPG set in the land of Shu during the dark and tumultuous late Ming Dynasty, plagued with warring factions and a mysterious illness spawning monstrous creatures.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Deathbound
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Salt and Sanctuary
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Deathbound.
Reviewers of Deathbound cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Deathbound.
Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.
Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Deathbound.
Reviewers of Deathbound cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Deathbound.
Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.
Mortal Shell
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Deathbound.
Reviewers of Deathbound cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with Deathbound.
Their Flesh is Your Armor. Mortal Shell is a deep action-RPG that tests your sanity and resilience in a shattered world. Survival demands superior awareness, precision, and instincts. Possess lost warriors, track down hidden sanctums of the devout, and face formidable foes.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Deathbound at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Deathbound on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Deathbound.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Deathbound on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Deathbound.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Deathbound on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Deathbound.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Deathbound on Steam right now. Shares Action with Deathbound.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Deathbound on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Deathbound.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Deathbound on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Deathbound.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Deathbound.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Deathbound.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Deathbound.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Deathbound.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Deathbound.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Deathbound.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Deathbound.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Deathbound.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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Frequently asked about Deathbound
- Does Deathbound run on Steam Deck?
- Deathbound is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Deathbound cost?
- Deathbound is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Deathbound?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Deathbound are Enotria: The Last Song, Blade of Darkness, Lords Of The Fallen™ 2014.
- Who developed Deathbound?
- Deathbound was developed by Trialforge Studio and published by Tate Multimedia.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Deathbound.
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